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Grammar list

おおせる

(Ooseru)

succeed in completing / manage to do fully.

Connection rules

  • +V ます-stem + おおせる.
  • +Literary auxiliary — 'succeed in fully doing X'.
  • +Often with difficult or secretive actions: 逃げおおせる ('succeed in escaping'), 言いおおせる ('manage to say'), やりおおせる ('manage to accomplish').

Examples

1.
犯人はんにんは警察けいさつから逃にげおおせた。

Hannin wa keisatsu kara nige oose ta.

The criminal succeeded in escaping the police.

「succeed in completing / manage to do fully」

2.
何なんとかやりおおせた。

Nantoka yari oose ta.

Somehow I managed to accomplish it.

「succeed in completing / manage to do fully」

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